Water Supply Vital In Farm Fire Control
A New Jersey farmer lost a barn to lightning despite three nearby fire departments. Delays in notification and lack of nearby water hindered firefighting, highlighting rural water supply gaps. The piece urges farm ponds or dams to reduce annual farm fire losses approaching 100 million dollars and 3,500 rural deaths, advising proper pond layout and drainage with surveying.
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New Jersey
Eame
iSpoon Rack Features Early American Design
OU can make reproductions of these Early American designs by tracing the actual-size patterns directly on to the wood and then cutting them out with a coping saw. Also directions for assembling and finishing are on pattern 231. Price of pattern is 25¢. WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Bedtora Halls. New York.
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Sound of Corn Growing Recorded by Professor
A Wisconsin study uses 300acre corn fields and distant mics to capture corn growth sounds. Seven men including three UW experts report hearing corn grow after removing background noise. Experts note corn grows 8 percent at night and can increase 2 to 5 inches in a single night.
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University of Wisconsin
Herbert Jacobs
Telegraph
Farm News
Madison Capital Times
Wisconsin U
Werner E. Suomi
Hinged Fence Idea For Feed Lots Illustrated
A proposed hinged fence concept for midwest farmers features a bottom hinged section held by chains that lowers to create a manger and can be raised to blend back into the fence. Posts would run along the length of the manger as shown in the illustration.
Farm Land Prices Rise Sharply in Nebraska
Nebraska farm land values have surged by 124 percent since 1938 per the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. In the West North Central region, prices rose 3 percent in the four months to July despite typical seasonal declines in farm real estate activity and a downturn in farm products.
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Nebraska
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
West North Central
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